Emotional distress and adjustment in patients with end-stage kidney disease: A qualitative exploration of patient experience in four hospital trusts in the West Midlands, UK

• Kim Sein,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom

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• Sarah Damery ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: s.l.damery@bham.ac.uk

  Affiliation Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3681-8608

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• Jyoti Baharani,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Renal Unit, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom

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• Johann Nicholas,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Renal Unit, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, United Kingdom

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• Gill Combes

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom

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